Here's one for you just for fun. Went to a drive through and ordered a coffee. It was $1.78. I got 20 cents change. It's only 2 cents and that's not my point.....but let's just do some math. How many cups of coffee per day does any one drive through nationwide sell, multiplied by 2 cents. (I would rather them have told me it was $1.80...never would have thought about it)

Here's a rub. Say a vendor adjusts all item prices so that when tax is applied to that single item, the final price will always be rounded up? Easy enough to do and of course would not work if a person purchased two items but for volume vendors that often have one item sales, that extra 2 or 3 points could really add up in time. Timmies coffee is a really good example. Or how bout the fast food joints pricing combo meals so the final price is always rounded up?

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Nebula wrote:On the flip side, if it had worked out to $1.82, you still would have got 20 cents back. I think it all works out in the wash.

It boils down to what nebula says. Think about it, sometimes the business loses 2 cents, sometimes the gain. Im sure it equals out in the end. But.... if somebody is so excited about this, they should start doing a study on if there is any money to be made out of this. haha

My grandmother told me that in New Zealand, when they did away with the penny AND the nickel, some folk were actually planning their grocery shopping to make sure it ended up to their advantage. She said they pretty quickly realized it wasn't worth the effort. It all evens out in the end.